Prevalence and associated factors of clinical manifestations of vitamin a deficiency among preschool children in asgede-tsimbla rural district, north Ethiopia, a community based cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Vitamin A Deficiency is a common form of micronutrient deficiency, globally affecting 33.3 % of preschool-age children. An estimated of 44.4 % of preschool children in Africa were at risk for vitamin A deficiency. In Ethiopia, vitamin A deficiency leads to 80,000 deaths a year and affect...

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Autores principales: Abrha, Tesfalem, Girma, Yonas, Haile, Kebede, Hailu, Mezgebe, Hailemariam, Mengistu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-016-0122-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-016-0122-3

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